The Art of Telling Stories in Your Family -- Part Two

In case you missed Part One be sure to jump over to understand Part Two.

Why do we not share our stories of faith with our family?

Our stories have been commercialized, possibly not your story, but the commercialization of the family has led us to believe that our stories are not valuable. The stories we hear and see everyday through advertising tells us that our story does not matter until we consume or have a certain product.

We often do not realize we have an unmet need until we see a commercial and then realize that we are lacking to have that product. Think about the commercials you see, read, and hear. They create a story that will make your life easier and safer, but when was the last time any good story was safe or easy? Yeah, good stories involve dying, sacrificing, and conflict. Of course once we cross the Jordan river we will be able to look back and remember our days of slavery and bondage and rejoice that Christ has set us free.

However, we get trapped into this false theology of commercialization of our family and faith. Once we begin to consumer any products that provide comfort we start to rely on our dependence and fail to neglect our need for God who richly provides.

In Deuteronomy 6:10-12, the writer makes it very clear not to forget God and realize that you did not build, you did not dig, and yeah that house that is filled, yeah you did not provide that either.

In the midst of being consumed we undermine our stories of faith because we think our dependence got us to this point. This has led us to believe that our faith stories carry no value because the commercialization has lied to us and told us our stories do not matter.

Your story matters. Your children deserve to hear and know your faith story. We have forgot the art of telling our stories because we have fallen in the trap of believing the world has a better story to offer.

There is no better story to offer the generations to come than the story of how Christ has rescued you from sinfulness and set you free by His grace and mercy.


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